Christopher Mintz-Plasse (born June 20, 1989)[1] is an American actor who has performed roles such as Fogell (better known as "McLovin") in Superbad, Augie Farcques in Role Models, and as Chris D'Amico in Kick-Ass and its sequel Kick-Ass 2.

When auditioning for the part of Fogell (aka "McLovin") in his film debut Superbad, he had no professional head shots and instead took one with his camera phone.[2] Because he was 17 at the time and still a minor, his mother was required by law to be on set while he filmed his sex scene in the movie.[1] Upon release, the film earned critical and commercial success, with many critics citing Mintz-Plasse's performance as a highlight; he received a nomination for the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.[3][4]

The next year he voiced Fishlegs in the animated filmHow to Train Your Dragon. In April 2010, he appeared in Kick-Ass as the superhero Red Mist, a.k.a. Chris D'Amico, which was planned to be a minor role until director Matthew Vaughn saw Mintz-Plasse audition and saw what he was capable of doing. Mintz-Plasse originally auditioned for the role of Kick-Ass, but when the producers believed that his acting was too loud and obnoxious they immediately gave him the role of Red Mist instead.[6][7] In May 2010, he guest-starred in an episode of Party Down as Kent, a friend of the character Roman. He performed his second voice-over that month in the film Marmaduke, as the stylized dog Giuseppe. The same year he was featured in two music videos, Kid Cudi's Erase Me, featuring Kanye West, and the indie rock band The Soft Pack's Answer to Yourself.[8][9]

In 2011, Mintz-Plasse appeared in the remake of the 1985 film Fright Night as Evil Ed, who is the former best friend of Charley Brewster, played by Anton Yelchin.[10] At first he was reluctant to accept the role as it was a remake, but he accepted after reading the script and seeing the talent involved.[11]

Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco on the "It's All Possible" road trip in September 2013

In 2012, he voiced the bullying student Alvin in the stop motion animated film, ParaNorman.[12] The same year he also had a small role in the film Pitch Perfect as Tommy, the university's audition launcher. He then starred in a short film titled Would You, which was written by his Fright Night co-star Dave Franco and premiered at the SXSW Film Festival.[13][14] Mintz-Plasse was supposed to play the lead role in the CBSsitcomFriend Me and even filmed several episodes, but before the series could air, it was cancelled after series creator Alan Kirschenbaum tragically took his own life.[15] As a promotion for the video gameFar Cry 3, he starred in a series of online videos called The Far Cry Experience, as a fictional version of himself trapped on an island controlled by a psychotic pirate named Vaas.[16] He is currently reprising his role of Fishlegs in the DreamWorks Dragons television series, which aired on Cartoon Network.

He reprised his role of Chris D'Amico in the sequel Kick-Ass 2, which was released in August 2013.[12] Mintz-Plasse found the role to be darker than any other he had portrayed to date, and hired an acting coach to help him with the more intense scenes.[17] He made his third music video appearance in the Unknown Mortal Orchestra's music video So Good At Being In Trouble.[18]

In September 2013, Mintz-Plasse and Dave Franco set out on a week-long road trip across America to promote LG's "It's All Possible" campaign for the electronics company's new flagship smartphone, the LG G2. The actors documented their process and broadcast it on Funny or Die.[21] Mintz-Plasse had a supporting role as college fraternity student Scoonie in the 2014 hit comedy film Neighbors and reprised his role as Fishlegs in the animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2.[22][23]